On Wed, 29 Sep 2004, Temlakos wrote: > Hello: > > Today I received a Lexar USB2.0 Card Reader. I tried connecting it to an > FC1 box (kernel 2.4.2.2129.nptl) with an AMD Duron processor (1.4 GHz). > Immediately upon connecting, the system queries the floppy and two > existing SCSI devices (an Iomega Jaz drive and a CD burner). Then, > inexplicably, the machine hangs and I have to do an uncontrolled (and, > needless to say, unclean) shutdown. > > However, my HP Digital PhotoSmart 120 camera connects without a hitch > and, using gtkam, I can save and delete photographs with the camera > connected. > > I tried looking up some instructions for kernel modification, and I know > I have a good tool for it (menuconfig) and also the kernel source code. > How can I get the reader to connect and mount up without bringing the > whole system to a crashing halt? Does FC1 have a special vulnerability > that FC2 does not have? > > I'd really like to know how to fix this, because I'd like to recommend a > digital-photography solution to a client of mine. Of course he could > probably use gtkam to save his photos straight from the camera, but if > he could simply shove the card into a reader and use Nautilus (or even > the bash cp command) to pull off his photos to a directory of his own > choosing, that would be a lot more convenient for his operations, as I'm > sure everybody can appreciate. (He runs a pathology laboratory and would > like to take gross photographs and photomicrographs for inclusion in his > reports--and he could do that a lot faster if all he had to do was pop > out a card and stick it into a reader while he shoves another, blank > card into the camera so that he can keep going. And when he's dealing > with frozen-section diagnosis, speed is of the essence!) I can't speak to the Lexar units, but I'm using the SmartDisk 6-In-1 reader with FC2. The OS saw the unit right away, but I had to add: options scsi_mod max_luns=255 to my /etc/modprobe.conf go get it to see all of the slots. -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org To be notified of updates to the web site, visit http://www.bubbanfriends.org/mailman/listinfo/site-update, or send a message to: site-update-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with a message of: subscribe
